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Closure After a Breakup March 11, 2024 . 1 Comment
Breakups and Closure Breakups are hard. It’s rare to come out of a relationship where either party feels great at the time of the breakup, let alone both parties. Even when you are ... Read More
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Top 5 Reasons a Partner Leaves (and How to Cope) July 24, 2021 . 336 Comments
Trying to figure out why your partner/spouse left you can become the bane of your existence. Even if there appears on the surface to be an obvious and uncomfortable reason, your brain will ... Read More
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Overcoming Heartbreak: 7 Stages of Healing February 22, 2021 . 1 Comment
By Kendall Coffman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Overcoming Heartbreak: 7 Stages of Healing Heartbreak can leave us with a hollow and cold feeling as well as a loss of a sense ... Read More
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Why People Stay in Toxic Relationships February 15, 2021 . 5 Comments
By Chareessa Chee, Licensed Professional Counselor Why People Stay in Bad Relationships Sometimes we stay in bad, even toxic relationships longer than we really want to. It’s not ... Read More
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I Love You, I Hate You: Surviving Relationship Churn January 18, 2020 . No Comments
Businesses have long used the term churn to denote the loss of customers and clients. More recently, psychologists have introduced the concept of relationship churn. In this context, relationship ... Read More
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When One Partner Wants to Leave and the Other Wants to Stay May 23, 2018 . 6 Comments
What do you to when one person wants to leave their marriage and the other person wants to keep working on it? The would-be marriage leaver may have limited motivation to work on the relationship. ... Read More
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7 Steps to Overcome the Pain of Rejection When a Partner Leaves April 15, 2018 . 25 Comments
Our first therapy session began … The day I found her text on my husband’s phone is a day I will never forget. My whole life changed in an instant. I was stunned and in disbelief. I ... Read More
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Putting Back Together the Pieces of a Broken Heart January 27, 2018 . 1 Comment
One of life’s greatest joys can be connecting to another soul in what may sometimes feel like a lonely world. A good relationship can be a landing on which to fall when the inevitable ... Read More
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Leaving a Person with Narcissism: Here Comes the Smear Campaign September 20, 2017 . 25 Comments
It took FOREVER to finally leave the person in your life with narcissism, only to realize that once you made that fateful decision, your name became mud. Your ex is not going to let you ... Read More
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Break Up or Make Up? What to Consider Before Reconsidering Your Ex July 20, 2017 . 6 Comments
When a couple breaks up, it is often inevitable that one or both of the parties involved consider the idea of getting back together. After a breakup, it’s often easier for us to look ... Read More
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After the Breakup: 5 Tips for Healing and Personal Growth April 4, 2017 . 3 Comments
Breakups are often difficult, and most of us dread them. Navigating through a breakup can be challenging in a number of ways, especially when it is particularly long, drawn-out, or otherwise ... Read More
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Discernment Counseling for Couples on the Brink of Divorce March 14, 2017 . 5 Comments
Steve and Rebecca have been together for seven years, married for four, and have one toddler. Since the birth of their child, arguments between Steve and Rebecca have escalated to the point ... Read More